Willingness to Foster Children with Emotional or Behavioral Problems

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 23-51

  Cox, Mary Ellen ^a   Orme, John G ^a   Rhodes, Kathryn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Foster children; Foster families; Willingness to foster

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242719833     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v29n04_02     Document Type: Review

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